January 2025 Payments
If you receive monthly benefits from PBGC through direct deposit, your payment will be deposited on Thursday, January 2, 2025. January 1 is a holiday, and, for tax purposes, your January payment cannot be distributed in 2024. Payments made by check will be mailed on Friday December 27, 2024. Due to the New Year’s Day holiday, please allow additional time for delivery.
IRS Form 1099-R Distribution
Your IRS Form 1099-R, for benefits paid by PBGC, which reports to the IRS the amount you earned from PBGC in 2024, will be mailed to you through the U.S. Postal Service by Friday January 31, 2025. Please allow time for delivery. Your IRS Form 1099-R will be available to download and print from MyPBA on or after Monday February 3, 2025.
Has Your Address Changed?
To make sure your PBGC mail is received in a timely manner, please let us know immediately if your address has changed.
| Online: | MyPBA (My Pension Benefit Access) |
| By Phone: | 1-800-400-7242 |
| By Mail [form] | PBGC P.O. Box 151750 Alexandria, VA 22315-1750 |
| By Email [form]: | customerservice@pbgc.gov |
Do we have your email address on file?
To keep the lines of communication open, please provide your email address when asked by the agent.
Fraud Awareness
Scam Alert: Individuals posing online as PBGC employees have contacted customers to obtain information. Please be aware that PBGC will never send you email, texts, or unsolicited social media messages to request personal or financial information. This includes requests for Social Security numbers, passwords, or similar information. Additionally, please keep in mind that all PBGC email and web addresses will end in .gov.
Do You Want to Change Your Tax Withholding?
You have three options to update your federal income tax withholding:
- Log in to your MyPBA account, or set up an account if you don’t already have one. Once your account is ready, you can update your federal tax withholding online.
- Download and print IRS Form W-4P. Please complete and sign the form, then send it to PBGC.
- If you live outside of the U.S. or in one of the U.S. territories, the IRS requires you to provide additional tax-withholding information. You must submit, to PBGC, form W-9 or W-8BEN (depending on your citizenship status). Visit our website for more information and to download the forms.
- Call PBGC’s Customer Contact Center and ask to have the form mailed to your home address. Once you receive the form, please complete and sign it, then send it to PBGC.
Here’s how to submit your completed form:
| By Mail: | PBGC P.O. Box 151750 Alexandria, VA 22315-1750 |
| By Email: | customerservice@pbgc.gov (PDF format only) |
New! Updated Login.gov User’s Guide and In-Person Proofing for Login.gov
The Login.gov User Guide has been updated! It includes the new in-person proofing process where proof documents can be taken to the post office when setting up a Login.gov account for MyPBA access.
Power of Attorney Form
Did you know PBGC provides a Power of Attorney (POA) form to help expedite your submission and ensure we have the information needed for your request?